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SENIOR TRAFFIC ENUMERATOR

Code: 03623 Local Competitive

New Jersey treats Senior Traffic Enumerator as a competitive-class job, so the gate is an examination and the ranked list it produces rather than a direct offer.

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Senior Traffic Enumerator is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.

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Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Definition

Under direction, takes the lead in traffic counting and enumeration activities involving the use of recording or non-recording type traffic counters; does other related duties.

Examples of work

  • Organizes and takes the lead with traffic enumeration work, analyzes traffic enumeration problems and develops appropriate field methods.
  • Gives appropriate training and instruction to traffic enumerators on manual and coverage counts and supervises the performance of their work.
  • Operates and maintains automatic traffic counting machines in accordance with the schedules outlines in the traffic program.
  • Makes special traffic counts as assigned by the area supervisor of traffic enumeration or other supervisory officer.
  • During a specified period at a designated location, counts and records, using tabulating forms, the number of trucks, buses and passenger vehicles and number of passengers, state of registration and direction of traffic.
  • Makes speed checks.
  • Assists in special surveys such as origin and destination, lights on and license plates.
  • Assists in the analysis of traffic field data.
  • Performs complex manual counts.
  • Checks repaired meters prior to their release for field use.
  • Prepares factual reports.
  • Maintains records and files.
  • May occasionally be required to work shift hours to supervise traffic enumerators assigned to shift work.
  • Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office or related units.
  • <b>REQUIREMENTS
  • EXPERIENCE</b>
  • One (1) year of experience in work involving the collection, recording and/or analysis of data.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in NJ only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

  • Knowledge of the problems involved in making accurate observations of moving objects, in making accurate counts and in operating simple machines.
  • Knowledge of the methods and procedures used to audit and analyze field data pertaining to traffic counts.
  • Ability to organize assigned work, to analyze traffic enumeration problems and to develop appropriate work methods.
  • Ability to assign, instruct and supervise the work of traffic enumerators.
  • Ability to supervise staff engaged in counting and recording the number and types of vehicles passing a given location at a specified time.
  • Ability to operate and maintain automatic traffic counting machines.
  • Ability to make special traffic counts.
  • Ability to make speed checks.
  • Ability to assist in the compilation, summarization and analysis of traffic field data.
  • Ability to check repaired meters before they are released for field use.
  • Ability to prepare factual reports.
  • Ability to maintain records and files.
  • Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office or related units.
  • Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
  • Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.